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compensation; merchandise trade; sales

of goods and services; taxes; and

research and development (R&D)

activity. The data will be used to

measure the economic significance of

foreign direct investment in the United

States and to analyze its effect on the

U.S. economy. They will also be used in

formulating, and assessing the impact

of, U.S. policy on foreign direct

investment.

Several revisions to the survey are

being proposed to bring it into

conformity with the BE–12 Benchmark

Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in

the United States—1997. BEA proposes

to raise the exemption level for the

survey to $30 million on the BE–15(SF)

short form, up from $10 million

(measured by the company’s total assets,

sales, or net income or loss), thereby

reducing respondent burden for small

companies; on the survey’s long form,

the BE–15(LF), the exemption level will

be raised to $100 million, up from $50

million. In addition, BEA proposes to

base industry coding on the North

American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) in place of the U.S.

Standard Industrial Classification

system, and to modify the detail

collected on the composition of external

financing of the reporting enterprise, on

research and development expenditures,

and on the operations of foreign-owned

businesses in individual States.

II. Method of Collection

The BE–15 annual survey will be sent

to potential respondents at the end of

March each year. A completed report

covering a reporting company’s fiscal

year ending during the previous

calendar year will be due to be filed by

May 31, 60 days after mailing. Reports

must be filed by every nonbank U.S.

business enterprise that is owned 10

percent or more by a foreign investor

and that has total assets, sales, or net

income (or loss) of over $30 million.

Potential respondents are those U.S.

business enterprises that report in the

1997 benchmark survey of foreign direct

investment in the United States, along

with affiliates that subsequently enter

the direct investment universe. The BE–

15 is a cutoff-sample survey, as

described; universe estimates are

developed from the reported data.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0608–0034.

Form Number: BE–15.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

4,975.

Estimated Time Per Response: 26

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

128,000 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$3,840,000 (based on an estimated

reporting burden of 128,000 hours and

an estimated hourly cost of $30).

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden (including hours

and cost) of the proposed collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–18334 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Technical Advisory Committees;

Notice of Recruitment of Private-Sector

Members

SUMMARY: Technical Advisory

Committees (TACs) advise the

Department of Commerce on the

technical parameters for export controls

applicable to dual-use commodities and

technology and on the administration of

those controls. The TACs are composed

of representatives from industry and

Government representing diverse points

of view on the concerns of the exporting

community. Industry representatives are

selected from firms producing a broad

range of goods, technologies, and

software presently controlled for

national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation, and short supply reasons

or that are proposed for such controls,

balanced to the extent possible among

large and small firms.

TAC members are appointed by the

Secretary of Commerce and serve terms

of not more than four consecutive years.

The membership reflects the

Department’s commitment to attaining

balance and diversity. TAC members

must obtain secret-level clearances prior

to appointment. These clearances are

necessary so that members can be

permitted access to relevant classified

information needed in formulating

recommendations to the Department of

Commerce. Each TAC meets

approximately 4 times per year.

Members of the Subcommittee will not

be compensated for their services.

Three TACs are currently seeking to

fill membership vacancies. Those TACs

and the areas in which they advise the

Department of Commerce are the

following: the Materials Processing

Equipment TAC—Control List Category

2 (materials processing); the Regulations

and Procedures TAC—the Export

Administration Regulations (EAR) and

procedures for implementing the EAR:

and the Transportation and Related

Equipment TAC—Control List

Category), and Category 9 (propulsion

systems, space vehicles, and related

equipment).

To respond to this Notice of

Recruitment, please send a fact sheet on

your company as well as a resume/

biography to the following address: Ms.

Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA/BXA MS:

3886C, U.S. Department of Commerce,

15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Materials may also be faxed to Ms.

Carpenter at (202) 501–8024.

DEADLINE: This Notice of Recruitment

will be open for 20 days from date of

publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Lee Ann Carpenter on (202) 482–2583.

Dated July 6, 1998.

Iain S. Baird,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–18419 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Materials Technical Advisory

Committee; Notice of Open Meeting

A meeting of the Materials Technical

Advisory Committee (MTAC) will be

held July 23, 1998, 10:30 a.m., in the

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room

1617M(2), 14th Street between

Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues,

N.W., Washington, D.C. The Committee

advises the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Export Administration

with respect to technical questions that
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affect the level of export controls

applicable to advanced materials and

related technology.

Agenda:

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Explanation on purpose of electing

Co-Chair.

3. Election of Co-Chair.

4. Presentation on status of Chemical

Weapons Convention.

5. Presentation on status of Biological

Weapons Convention implementation

protocol.

6. Presentation on technical issues for

chemical and equipment related to

Australia Group list review.

7. Presentation on technical issues for

biologicals and biological equipment

related to Australia Group list review.

8. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

The meeting will be open to the

public and a limited number of seats

will be available. To the extent that time

permits, members of the public may

present oral statements to the

Committee.

Written statements may be submitted

at any time before or after the meeting.

However, to facilitate distribution of

public presentation materials to the

Committee members, the Committee

suggests that presenters forward the

public presentation materials two weeks

prior to the meeting to the following

address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/

EA/BXA MS:3886C, 15th St. &

Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230.

For further information or copies of

the minutes, contact Lee Ann Carpenter

on (202) 482–2583.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–18152 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–822, A–122–823]

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products and Certain Cut-toLength Carbon Steel Plate From

Canada: Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews and Intent To Revoke in-Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

the antidumping duty administrative

review of certain corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products and certain

cut-to-length carbon steel plate from

Canada.

SUMMARY: In response to requests from

interested parties, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) is

conducting administrative reviews of

the antidumping duty orders on certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products and certain cut-to-length

carbon steel plate from Canada. These

reviews cover six manufacturers/

exporters of the subject merchandise to

the United States (three manufacturers/

exporters of corrosion resistant steel and

four manufacturers/exporters of cut-tolength steel plate), and the period

August 1, 1996 through July 31, 1997.

We have preliminarily determined

that sales have been made below normal

value (‘‘NV’’) by various companies

subject to these reviews. If these

preliminary results are adopted in our

final results of these administrative

reviews, we will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to assess antidumping

duties based on the difference between

the export price (‘‘EP’’) or constructed

export price (‘‘CEP’’) and the NV.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyn

Baranowski (Dofasco Inc. and Sorevco

Inc. (collectively, ‘‘Dofasco’’)), Eric

Scheier (Continuous Colour Coat

(‘‘CCC’’)), Lesley Stagliano (Algoma

Steel, Inc. (‘‘Algoma’’)), Gideon Katz

(Gerdau MRM Steel (‘‘MRM’’) and A.J.

Forsyth and Co., Ltd. (‘‘Forsyth’’)), N.

Gerard Zapiain (Stelco, Inc. (‘‘Stelco’’)),

or Maureen Flannery, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), are to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to 19 CFR

part 351 (62 FR 27379, May 19, 1997).

Background

On August 19, 1993, the Department

published in the Federal Register (58

FR 44162) the antidumping duty orders

on certain corrosion-resistant carbon

steel flat products and certain cut-tolength carbon steel plate from Canada.

On August 12, 1997, Forsyth requested

a review of its exports of cut-to-length

steel plate. On August 13, 1997, CCC

requested a review of its exports of

corrosion-resistant steel. On August 28,

1997, Algoma requested a review of its

exports of cut-to-length steel plate and

that the Department revoke the order on

cut-to-length steel plate with regard to

Algoma. On August 29, 1997, the

following companies also requested

reviews for their exports of corrosionresistant carbon steel flat products:

Dofasco (corrosion-resistant steel),

Stelco (corrosion-resistant steel and cutto-length steel plate), and MRM (cut-tolength steel plate). On August 29, 1997,

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel

Group (a Unit of USX Corporation),

Inland Steel Industries Inc., AK Steel

Corporation, LTV Steel Co., Inc., and

National Steel Corporation, petitioners,

requested reviews of CCC, Dofasco, and

Stelco on corrosion-resistant carbon

steel flat products. On September 8,

1997, Stelco submitted an addendum to

its August 29, 1997 submission,

requesting that the Department revoke

the orders on corrosion-resistant steel

and carbon steel plate with regard to

Stelco, pursuant to Section 351.222(b) of

the Department’s regulations. On

September 25, 1997, in accordance with

Section 751 of the Act, we published a

notice of initiation of administrative

reviews of these orders for the period

August 1, 1996 through July 31, 1997

(62 FR 50292).

Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,

the Department may extend the

deadline for completion of an

administrative review if it determines

that it is not practicable to complete the

review within the statutory time limit of

365 days. On March 19, 1998, the

Department published a notice of

extension of the time limit for the

preliminary results in the review to July

3, 1998. See Corrosion-Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products and Cut-to-Length

Carbon Steel Plate: Extension of Time

Limits for Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Administrative Review, 63

FR 13990.

The Department is conducting these

reviews in accordance with section

751(a) of the Act.

Scope of Reviews

The products covered by these

administrative reviews constitute two

separate ‘‘classes or kinds’’ of

merchandise: (1) certain corrosionresistant steel and (2) certain cut-tolength plate.

The first class or kind, certain

corrosion-resistant steel, includes flatrolled carbon steel products of

rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or

coated with corrosion-resistant metals

such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,